Nurse Collection (page 4)

A hospital in Paris during the Siege (engraving)
8641643 A hospital in Paris during the Siege (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A hospital in Paris during the Siege)

Family hiring a pretty nurse for their children (colour litho)
8635493 Family hiring a pretty nurse for their children (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Finsen Lamp for the Cure of Lupus (b/w photo)
8639572 Finsen Lamp for the Cure of Lupus (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Finsen Lamp for the Cure of Lupus)

Employers Liability Act (colour litho)
8656707 Employers Liability Act (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Employers Liability Act. Cause and Effect. Compensation (enough to marry on)

Romps. Baby's new ball (colour litho)
8656224 Romps. Baby's new ball (colour litho) by Carter, Sydney (1874-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Compliments of the Season. Romps. Baby's new ball)

Many congratulations (colour litho)
8656182 Many congratulations (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Many congratulations. Man with a new baby)

Plague procession in Rome (litho)
8663586 Plague procession in Rome (litho) by Hiremy-Hirschl, Adolph (1860-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plague procession in Rome)

The birth of a daughter to the Duke and Duchess of York (b/w photo)
8676149 The birth of a daughter to the Duke and Duchess of York (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens: No Thoroughfare (litho)
8664355 Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens: No Thoroughfare (litho) by Furniss, Harry (1854-1925) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nurse and Mother. No Thoroughfare)

The Nurse and Patient (litho)
8669089 The Nurse and Patient (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Nurse and Patient)

Franco-Prussian War of 1870: The cantiniere and nurse of snipers Jarrethout, during the siege of Chateaudun in 1870
ELD4844204 Franco-Prussian War of 1870: The cantiniere and nurse of snipers Jarrethout, during the siege of Chateaudun in 1870, replenishes combatants with ammunition

Postcard, N & B: In the Field Loading of Wounded - War of 14 -18, Medical, Photography, Front (military) - Soldiers
ICA4948111 Postcard, N & B: In the Field Loading of Wounded - War of 14 -18, Medical, Photography, Front (military) - Soldiers; (add.info.: Postcard)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): medical and nursing staff group of the hospital for sick children
LUX4751682 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): medical and nursing staff group of the hospital for sick children, 1890 - East written on the signs on the wall: Ground floor, left room Bouvier

Women's Dorm at Bellevue Hospital in New York City (USA), circa 1890 - Colorisee engraving 19th century
NWI4954692 Women's Dorm at Bellevue Hospital in New York City (USA), circa 1890 - Colorisee engraving 19th century (Female Ward at Bellevue Hospital, New York City)

First World War: France: Inside a military hospital with war wounded and good sisters, 1915
LUX4815754 First World War: France: Inside a military hospital with war wounded and good sisters, 1915; (add.info.: First World War: France)

France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Nord (59), Bruay en Artois: A good sister operating aid in an operating room, 1920
LUX4803574 France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Nord (59), Bruay en Artois: A good sister operating aid in an operating room, 1920; (add.info.: France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Nord (59)

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a young and beautiful nurse on a bucolic battlefield to help a wounded
LUX4740225 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a young and beautiful nurse on a bucolic battlefield to help a wounded French soldier

First World War: France, In a field hospital a good sister heals a wounded soldier, 1915
LUX4740086 First World War: France, In a field hospital a good sister heals a wounded soldier, 1915; (add.info.: First World War - War 14-18 (1914-1918) - World War I (WWI or WW1): France

First World War: France, A young nurse picks up a wounded on the battlefield to take her to the ambulance, 1914
LUX4738891 First World War: France, A young nurse picks up a wounded on the battlefield to take her to the ambulance, 1914; (add.info)

First World War: France, In a field hospital a sister reads the mail of her fiance to a wounded soldier entitled
LUX4740084 First World War: France, In a field hospital a sister reads the mail of her fiance to a wounded soldier entitled: Sister and soldier the beloved news

First World War: France, In a field hospital, three wounded soldiers reading the news from the front under
LUX4737919 First World War: France, In a field hospital, three wounded soldiers reading the news from the front under the benevolent gaze of a nurse, entitled: Brotherhood

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing in the park of a field hospital a child disguises as a nurse comforting
LUX4738031 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing in the park of a field hospital a child disguises as a nurse comforting a wounded with his cane

First World War: France, In a field hospital two children accompanied by a nurse come to visit their injured father
LUX4738014 First World War: France, In a field hospital two children accompanied by a nurse come to visit their injured father

A nurse who has disciplined a child, 1850
3478003 A nurse who has disciplined a child, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a nursemaid who has disciplined a child by making them face the corner whilst the other children continue to play)

First World War: France, postcard, photo studio in a bucolic decor, a nurse thinks of the French soldiers fighting
LUX4735884 First World War: France, postcard, photo studio in a bucolic decor, a nurse thinks of the French soldiers fighting

First World War: France, Postcard, two soldiers in uniform in an idyllic trench filled with turf
LUX4735851 First World War: France, Postcard, two soldiers in uniform in an idyllic trench filled with turf and flowers supported by a good sister praying proudly face the enemies, 1916

First World War: France, A nurse console a wounded on the snow and idyllic battlefield, 1915
LUX4735535 First World War: France, A nurse console a wounded on the snow and idyllic battlefield, 1915, Your confident parents are waiting for you there

Letter F: Brotherhood. Little French alphabet. Hachette and Cie, publisher, Paris, 1917 (lithograph)
DUV4204596 Letter F: Brotherhood. Little French alphabet. Hachette and Cie, publisher, Paris, 1917 (lithograph); 30.5x23.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustrations by J. M. Porta. 8 pages)

First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): Letter I as a nurse. Women of the Red Cross coming to heal soldiers to
DUV4201496 First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): Letter I as a nurse. Women of the Red Cross coming to heal soldiers to the battlefields

Portrait of head nurse Amadi Coumba in the Bayal mission, 1880 (print on double-weight paper)
3566956 Portrait of head nurse Amadi Coumba in the Bayal mission, 1880 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Africa 1880-1890 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

U.S. Hospital Steward's Chevrons
3501331 U.S. Hospital Steward's Chevrons; Private Collection; (add.info.: Elaborately embroidered sleeve chevron for a Hospital Steward); © Don Troiani. All Rights Reserved 2023

Red Cross volunteer nurse by an ambulance, 1916 (b/w photo)
2625882 Red Cross volunteer nurse by an ambulance, 1916 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Fratelli Alinari Museum Collections-Manno Collection, Florence

Illustration to the poem Home from the book Childhood by Millicent and Githa Sowerby, published 1907
2638403 Illustration to the poem Home from the book Childhood by Millicent and Githa Sowerby, published 1907; Private Collection; Photo © Hilary Morgan

Bacchus, with his old nurses and a satyr, asks Medea leaning against a column to rejuvenate the women
8683581 Bacchus, with his old nurses and a satyr, asks Medea leaning against a column to rejuvenate the women, 1650-52 (wall tempera painting) by Boulanger

Doctors, vetus in the fashion of the English Regence (1811-1820), wearing wigs and redingotes, together with a nurse
FLO4565837 Doctors, vetus in the fashion of the English Regence (1811-1820), wearing wigs and redingotes, together with a nurse, consult each other in an elegant corridor

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a young nurse treats a French soldier in uniform before treating a
LUX4739265 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a young nurse treats a French soldier in uniform before treating a German, entitled For Humanity

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a good nurse sister and her health dog helping a French wounded, 1916
LUX4740058 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a good nurse sister and her health dog helping a French wounded

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a good nurse praying to God beset her tent for the victory of France
LUX4740044 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a good nurse praying to God beset her tent for the victory of France, titled: For France, for the homeland, for God

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a good nurse praying to God beset her tent for the victory of France
LUX4740037 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a good nurse praying to God beset her tent for the victory of France, titled: For France, for the homeland, for God

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a good nurse praying to God beset her tent for the victory of France
LUX4740021 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a good nurse praying to God beset her tent for the victory of France, titled: For France, for the homeland, for God

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing Christ blessing a nurse and a good sister to the rescue of a French
LUX4739998 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing Christ blessing a nurse and a good sister to the rescue of a French wounded, entitled God is with you

First World War: France, In a bucolic landscape two soldiers, one French and one English
LUX4737789 First World War: France, In a bucolic landscape two soldiers, one French and one English, are prepared to fight in front of a benevolent young nurse entitled "For the homeland the eve

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a Zouave wounds heals by a young nurse, titled: takes this cordial, 1915
LUX4737984 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a Zouave wounds heals by a young nurse, titled: takes this cordial

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a wounded in a bucolic universe holding its flag in hand
LUX4737975 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a wounded in a bucolic universe holding its flag in hand and being bandaged by a devouee nurse, 1916

France: Photography showing a good sister caring for a sick person, 1902
LUX4726702 France: Photography showing a good sister caring for a sick person, 1902; (add.info.: France: Photography showing a good sister caring for a sick person, 1902); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

War 14-18 propaganda postcard showing a nurse's work titled:, 1915
LUX4727865 War 14-18 propaganda postcard showing a nurse's work titled:, 1915; (add.info.: War 14-18 propaganda postcard showing a nurse's work titled:, 1915); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

France, Pays de la Loire, Loire-Atlantique (44), Nantes: photo of the military hospital of the hotel des pins, 1914
LUX4725640 France, Pays de la Loire, Loire-Atlantique (44), Nantes: photo of the military hospital of the hotel des pins, 1914; (add.info.: France, Pays de la Loire, Loire-Atlantique (44)

16th century plan of the city of Orleans in France. The city walls are visible (map)
5616777 16th century plan of the city of Orleans in France. The city walls are visible (map); Universal History Archive/UIG

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"Nurse: A Beacon of Compassion and Care" In the realm of healthcare, one name stands out as a symbol of unwavering dedication and selflessness - Mary Seacole. Her portrait from the iconic production "Ice Cold In Alex" (1958) captures her indomitable spirit alongside Anthony Quayle, John Mills, Sylvia Syms, and Harry Andrews. As we delve into the history of nursing, silhouettes of World War I soldiers remind us of the pivotal role nurses played in providing medical care to wounded heroes. Florence Nightingale, known as "The Lady With The Lamp, " shines brightly in our collective memory. Her tireless efforts during the Crimean War revolutionized nursing practices and saved countless lives. Across continents, even in modern times like Florida's Sarasota County with its striking Unconditional Surrender statue by Seward Johnson (Picture No. 10745711), nurses continue to embody Florence Nightingale's legacy. Looking back further into history reveals St. Bartholomew's Hospital in the 18th century (PSCI2A-00066). It serves as a testament to how far nursing has come since then - evolving from humble beginnings to becoming an essential pillar within healthcare systems worldwide. The emblematic Red Cross nurse represents not only emergency response but also compassion amidst chaos. Even children learn about this noble profession through playacting; a girl playing nurse exemplifies their innate understanding of caregiving at an early age. As we reflect on these images and stories that span centuries, it becomes clear that they are more than just caregivers; they are beacons of hope for those who find themselves vulnerable or suffering. From historical figures like Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale to everyday heroes working tirelessly today – nurses epitomize humanity's capacity for empathy and healing. Let us celebrate these extraordinary individuals who dedicate their lives to easing pain, comforting souls, and restoring health.